he Ailing Planet: the Green Movement

Role

1.ANANDAKRISHNAN.M
2.JACOB BINU
3.MATHEW SAM
4.ROSHAN BENNY
5.YOHAN MARKOSE

CLASS-XI C
St Peter’s Senior Secondary School,Kadayirupp.
This chapter is based upon degrading position of
mother earth. The present scenario
of India is highly deplorable as a
report of parliament’s estimates
committee highlights near
catastrophic depletion of India's forests
at the rate of 3.7 million acres a year. The article “
The Ailing planet: The Green movement's role“ was
written by Nani Palkhivala and published in "The
Indian Express" on 24th November 1994.
• The green movement, a term that includes
the conservation and green politics, is a diverse scientific,
social, and political movement for addressing
environmental issues.
• Environmentalists advocate the sustainable management
of resources and stewardship of the environment through
changes in public policy and individual behavior.
• In its recognition of humanity as a participant in
ecosystems, the movement is centered on ecology, health,
and human rights.
• Mankind is now the number one cause of all the destruction happening on Earth.

• As well as trying to destroy each other on the battle-field, we are the cause of a
series of other disasters, beginning with the industrial exploitation of the
resources of the Earth.

• The seas and oceans are being poisoned by chemical products, oils, industrial and
human waste.
• On land, especially in the industrial countries where most waste is actually
"manufactured", there is increasingly little room to bury it and even when buried,
noxious elements leech out and destroy the health of the area.

• An even greater problem is the disposal of Atomic waste, unsafe to dump into the
sea and even more unsafe to bury under the land.

• Forests are cut down for many reasons, but most of them are related to money or
to people’s need to provide for their families.
• This has resulted in a widespread, ongoing extinction of other species during the
present geological epoch, now known as the Holocene extinction.

• The large-scale loss of species caused by human influence since the 1950s has
been called a biotic crisis, with an estimated 10% of the total species lost as of
2007.

• At current rates, about 30% of species are at risk of extinction in the next hundred
years.
• In the present day, human activity has had a significant impact on the surface of
the planet. More than a third of the land surface has been modified by human
actions, and humans use about 20% of global primary production.

• The Holocene extinction event is the result of habitat destruction, the widespread
distribution of invasive species, hunting, and climate change.

• The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased by close to

30% since the start of the Industrial Revolution.
• Earth's present condition is that it is in a damaged state and under
threat from dangers including those arising from global warming.
• These threats include greenhouse gases, droughts and floods,
hunger and famine and devastating diseases such as malaria and
aids.
• Some experts scientists are calling for carbon taxes to cut the risk.
Damage from flooding alone could run into billions of dollars as
creeks and estuaries begging to fill up and more ice melts.
• Climate change is seen by some scientists to present the biggest
threat to our world today. The whole world needs to effect
remedial strategies by cooperating.
• Levels of gases such as carbon dioxide are rising still and we are
still at risk from deforestation and the burning of fossil fuels.
• Greenhouse gases may cause the world to warm up as heat cannot
escape effectively from the surface of the planet. All of this might
throw the natural rhythms of our world's climate. That's where
we're at right now!
• As the world consumes ever more fossil fuel energy, greenhouse gas
concentrations will continue to rise and Earth's average temperature will rise with
them.

• Global warming will result in more hot days and fewer cool days, with the
greatest warming happening over land. Longer, more intense heat waves will
happen more often.

• High latitudes and generally wet places will tend to receive more rainfall, while
tropical regions and generally dry places
will probably receive less rain.
• Increases in rainfall will come ecosystems will shift as those plants and animals
that adapt the quickest will move into new areas to compete with the currently
established species.

• Those species that cannot adapt quickly enough will face extinction

• Scientists note with increasing concern the 21st century could see one of the
greatest periods of mass extinction of species in Earth's entire history.
• Ultimately, global warming will impact life on Earth in many ways. But the
extent of the change is up to us.

• the form of bigger, wetter storms, rather than in the form of more rainy days.

• In between those larger storms will be longer periods of light or no rain, so the
frequency and severity of drought will increase.
• Buying and using fluorescent light bulbs Turning off lights and other electronic
equipment when we leave a room

• Avoid using chemical pesticides or fertilizers in your yard and garden. Many
fertilizers are a source of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas that contributes to
global warming. Try organic products instead.

• Waste food material, paper, decaying vegetables and plastics should not be thrown
into open drains.

• Keep your vehicle well maintained. A poorly maintained engine both creates more air
pollution and uses more fuel. Replace oil and air filters regularly, and keep your tires
properly inflated.
 Drive Less and Drive Smart
 Less driving means fewer emissions. Besides saving gasoline, walking and
biking are great forms of exercise. Explore your community
mass transit system, and check out options for carpooling to work or
school.

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When you do drive, make sure your car is running efficiently.
 For example, keeping your tires properly inflated can improve your gas
mileage by more than 3 percent. Every gallon of gas you save not only
helps your budget, it also keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the
atmosphere.
”The future of humanity will depend on how we steward the resources of
land, of soil, of water and seeds, and pass them on to future generations.”
-Vandana Shiva
Always love your EARTH

THIS WILL BE OUR CONDITION